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Monday, September 17, 2012

Eye-Opening Pornography Infographic. . .

I've been spending the last few days buried in research and writing to update my presentations on the destructive power of pornography. I'm looking forward to speaking on these issues next week at the D6 Conference in Texas and then again next month at the National Youthworkers Convention in San Diego.

Researching this topic is difficult. Like most males (or more realistically "most people"), I have seen and consequently been effected by pornography. I was 12 years old the first time. Digging deeper into just what those effects are is frightening work for many, many reasons. . . perhaps the most alarming of which is the prevalence and early exposure among younger and younger kids. Then, you start thinking ahead. . . and it's scary.

2 comments:

This is very interesting stuff Walt... It strikes me thought that a lot of the facts and figures given in this graphic describe a causal relationship where there isn't adequate support. For instance, you say "Twice as many people who use internet pornography are reported to have severe clinical depression compared to non-users." This communicates that porn causes sever clinical depression (which it may in fact be linked in this way); however the statistics does not support that claim, the statistics is descriptive. This fact could equally say that for people that are severely clinically depressed are twice as likely as those not to engage in viewing internet pornography.

I am not trying to build a case that viewing pornography is not related to negative outcomes, or positive, for that matter. I am very interested in the topic of healthy sexual identity and want to make sure that we accurately represent what facts and statistics can, and cannot, accurately say. Thank you for tackling such an important topic!

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Who I am. . .

Walt Mueller. . . a guy who was made, messed up, and mercifully made over by His grace. . . struggling to live life to His glory in the now but not yet Kingdom of God. . . longing to enter into that glorious time when what originally was will be fully restored.

How I spend my days. . .

after several years doing youth ministry, I've spent the last 24 years studying, writing, and speaking about youth culture with a great group of folks at the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding. I've been married to my wife Lisa for over 30 years and we've been blessed with four children. . . and twin grandchildren.